Talk:Gates of Fire

Quotes
Is there a reason the famous quotes from this book were deleted? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.179.107.205 (talk) 21:13, 5 April 2007 (UTC).
 * Apparently, copyright violations.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 069952497a (talk • contribs) 01:40, 29 January 2013 (UTC)

Polynikes
Actually, Polynikes is depicted as being a member of the krypteia (Pressfield's spelling) early in the novel and as a member of the Knights some years later.Jbourne99 (talk) 04:45, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

Historical Accuracy section is BS?
I think it is; Pressfield's story is taking place from the point of view of a Spartan Helot, and so it shouldn't be thought of as Pressfield claiming the Persian host is 2 million, but simply thinking it is. That's not even excluding support staff, the millions of slaves and servants and whores and soldiers' families and everyone else brought into Greece with them. AndarielHalo (talk) 15:12, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

Xeones
I didn't think Xeones was a Helot. He settled in Sparta of his own volition. Rather I think he would have been more along the lines of the perioikoi. I recall there being some difference in class between Xeones and "The Rooster" with Rooster definitely being a Helot. (WolverineMatt)

Assessment comment
Substituted at 15:51, 29 April 2016 (UTC)